The present invention relates to an LED illuminant module and lighting apparatus and, more specifically, to a high color rendering D50/D65 standard LED illuminant module and lighting apparatus, which has both high color rendering properties and excellent metamerism index characteristics by using a high color rendering LED and an ultraviolet LED. An illuminant module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) device having a peak emission wavelength of 300 nm-400 nm; and at least one first white light-emitting diode (LED) device having an average color rendering index of 90% or higher, wherein the first white light-emitting diode (LED) device is a light-emitting diode (LED) device which comprises a first LED chip having an excitation wavelength of 440 nm-460 nm, and a first phosphor layer excited at the excitation wavelength of the first LED chip to emit light, and the first phosphor layer comprises: a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 440 nm-499 nm; a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 500 nm-580 nm; and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 600 nm-699 nm.
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1. An illuminant module comprising: one or more ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) devices having a peak emission wavelength of 300 nm to 400 nm; and one or more first white light-emitting diode (LED) devices having an average color rendering index of 90% or higher, wherein the first white light-emitting diode (LED) device is a light-emitting diode (LED) device comprising a first LED chip having an excitation wavelength of 440 nm to 460 nm, and a first phosphor layer configured to emit light by being excited at the excitation wavelength of the first LED chip, and the first phosphor layer comprises a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 460 nm to 499 nm, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 500 nm to 580 nm, and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 600 nm to 699 nm, wherein the illuminant module has a light emitting characteristic in which a visible-range metamerism index (Mlvis) is 1.0 or lower and a UV-range metamerism index (Mluv) is 1.5 or lower by the ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) device and the first white light-emitting diode (LED) device.
2. The illuminant module of claim 1 , wherein a numerical value of UV content of the illuminant module is within a range from 60 to 160.
3. The illuminant module of claim 1 , wherein two or more types of light-emitting diode (LED) devices having different peak wavelengths are used as the first white light-emitting diode (LED) devices.
4. The illuminant module of claim 1 , wherein two or more types of light-emitting diode (LED) devices having different peak wavelengths are used as the ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) devices.
5. The illuminant module of claim 1 , wherein the illuminant module has a light emitting characteristic in which an average color rendering index (Ra) is 90% or higher and a special color rendering indexes (R9 to R15) is 80% or higher.
6. The illuminant module of claim 1 , wherein a correlated color temperature CCT is within a range from 2,000K to 10,000K.
7. The illuminant module of claim 1 , further comprising: one or more blue light-emitting diode (LED) devices having a peak emission wavelength of 400 nm to 470 nm.
8. The illuminant module of claim 7 , wherein peak wavelength spectrum intensity of the ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) device at a wavelength of 300 nm to 400 nm is within a range of 60% to 90% of peak wavelength spectrum intensity of the blue light-emitting diode (LED) device at a wavelength of 400 nm to 470 nm.
9. An illuminant module comprising: one or more ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) devices having a peak emission wavelength of 300 nm to 400 nm; one or more first white light-emitting diode (LED) devices having an average color rendering index of 90% or higher; one or more second white light-emitting diode (LED) devices having an average color rendering index of 90% or higher; and one or more blue light-emitting diode (LED) devices having a peak emission wavelength of 400 nm to 470 nm, wherein the first white light-emitting diode (LED) device is a light-emitting diode (LED) device comprising a first LED chip having an excitation wavelength of 440 nm to 460 nm, and a first phosphor layer configured to emit light by being excited at the excitation wavelength of the first LED chip, and the first phosphor layer comprises a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 460 nm to 499 nm, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 500 nm to 580 nm, and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 600 nm to 699 nm, wherein the second white light-emitting diode (LED) device is a light-emitting diode (LED) device comprising a second LED chip having an excitation wavelength of 400 nm to 440 nm and a second phosphor layer configured to emit light by being excited at the excitation wavelength of the second LED chip, and the second phosphor layer comprises a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 440 nm to 499 nm, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 500 nm to 580 nm, and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 600 nm to 699 nm.
10. The illuminant module of claim 9 , wherein two or more types of light-emitting diode (LED) devices having different peak wavelengths are used as the first white light-emitting diode (LED) device and the second white light-emitting diode (LED) device.
11. An illuminant module comprising: one or more ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) devices having a peak emission wavelength of 300 nm to 400 nm; and one or more second white light-emitting diode (LED) devices having an average color rendering index of 90% or higher, wherein the second white light-emitting diode (LED) device is a light-emitting diode (LED) device comprising a second LED chip having an excitation wavelength of 400 nm to 440 nm, and a second phosphor layer configured to emit light by being excited at the excitation wavelength of the second LED chip, and the second phosphor layer comprises a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 440 nm to 499 nm, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 500 nm to 580 nm, and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 600 nm to 699 nm.
12. The illuminant module of claim 11 , wherein a numerical value of UV content of the illuminant module is within a range from 60 to 160.
13. The illuminant module of claim 11 , wherein two or more types of light-emitting diode (LED) devices having different peak wavelengths are used as the second white light-emitting diode (LED) devices.
14. The illuminant module of claim 11 , wherein two or more types of light-emitting diode (LED) devices having different peak wavelengths are used as the ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) devices.
15. The illuminant module of claim 11 , further comprising: one or more blue light-emitting diode (LED) devices having a peak emission wavelength of 400 nm to 470 nm.
16. The illuminant module of claim 15 , wherein peak wavelength spectrum intensity of the ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) device at a wavelength of 300 nm to 400 nm is within a range of 60% to 90% of peak wavelength spectrum intensity of the blue light-emitting diode (LED) device at a wavelength of 400 nm to 470 nm.
17. A lighting apparatus comprising the illuminant module according to claim 1 or 11 .
18. The lighting apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising: a light transmissive member configured to be made of PMMA, glass, or a material that transmits an ultraviolet ray.
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